Shoe clamp



Sept. 12, 1944. H. P. sTovALL 2,357,915

SHOE @LAMP Filed March 2, 1944 2 sheets-sheet 1 H. F.' 5ml/ALL Sept 12, 1944. H. P. STOVALL 2,357,915

SHOE CLAMP Filed March 2, 1944 2 sheets-sheet 2 l @KfW-4 Patented Sept. 12, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT A'OFFICE SHOE CLAMP Henry P. Stovall, Lake Charles, La. Application March 2, 1944, Serial No'. 524,74'3

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a shoe clamp.

It is primarily aimed to provide a means which will suitably hold a shoe, especially to facilitate the cleaning, polishing, or shining thereof, and is adapted for use generally as in hotels, homes, shoe shine parlors, depots, Pullman cars and the like.

It is particularly aimed to provide a structure which will enable the shoe to be rapidly clamped and released and which will facilitate the practice of leaving shoes with a bootblack or establishrnent for shining and can be called for at appointed times.

More specifically, it is aimed to provide a structure which is adjustable to clamp shoes of various sizes, and one which is collapsible so as to occupy minimum space when not in use.

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawings:

Figure l is a view in front elevation showing the clamp in use, with the shoe partly broken away to disclose details;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the clamp;

Figure 3 is a Vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a detail section taken on the plane of line 3-3 but showing only fragments of the clamp in a different position; and

Figure 5 is a detail section showing the swivel connection of the foot of the hold-down.

Referring specifically to the drawings wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, I provide a suitable pedestal or support as generally designated I0. Support IIJ mounts a long, relatively narrow table or shelf I I adapted to support a shoe I2 or the like being cleaned or polished or shined. The shelf II has a socket I3 which is interiorly screw-threaded and detachably engaged with screw threads I4 at the top of the pedestal I0.

Directly over the pedestal I and socket I3, the shelf II has a transverse abutment I rising therefrom against which the breast of the heel of the shoe I2 is adapted to be disposed as shown in Figure l.

At one end of the shelf I I, a rod I6 rises rigidly therefrom to any suitable height.

A suitable hold-down or clamp proper Il is associated with the rod I6. This hold-down has la sleeve I8 which is vertically slidable on the rod I6 and rotatable thereon, as indicated by the arrow line in Figures 4 and 2, respectively, as Well as detachable therefrom. An arm IS, preferably rigid with the sleeve I8, extends horizontally therefrom in parallelism to the shelf II and a post depends rigidly and preferably integrally, from such arm I9 so as to extend into the shoe I2 approximately in line with the pedestal. Post 20 hasv a foot 2| joined thereto by a ball-andsocket joint at 22 so that the foot may be suitably swiveled on the post to any angle to best engage the inner sole of the shoe as shown in Figure 1. manipulated through engagement with a knob 23 on the arm I9.

Attention is called to the fact that the bore ofthe sleeve IB is slightly greater than the outside diameter of the rod I6, and hence when the two are engaged, their longitudinal axes are at a slightly angled relation to each other, whereby the sleeve I8 at diagonally opposite portions of the edges at its bore, will bite into the metal of rod I6 whereby the hold-down I1 will be held against slippage accidentally from the clamped position. Such hold-down Il may be readily moved into and out of a shoe and swung on the rod I6 as an axis, when the hold-down structure Il is held with the longitudinal axis of the sleeve I8 coaxial or parallel'with the longitudinal axis of the rod I6. It will be noted that the heel of the shoe will be effectively held between the abutment I5 and the rod I6 as shown in Figure 1.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A shoe clamp of the class described comprising a' shelf, a rod rising therefrom, means slidably and rotatably mounted on the rod eno gageable with the shoe to clamp the latter to the shelf, said means comprising a sleeve having a bore of greater diameter than the outside diameter of the rod to bite the latter in adjusted position, an arm extending from the sleeve, and a post depending from the arm to engage the shoe interiorly thereof.

2. A shoe clamp of the class described comprising a shelf, a rod rising therefrom, means slidably and rotatably mounted on the rod engageable with the shoe to clamp the latter to the shelf, said means comprising a sleeve having a bore of greater diameter than the outside diameter of the rod to bite the latter in adjusted position, an 'arm extending from the sleeve, ,a post depending from the arm to engage the shoe interiorly thereof, and an abutment on the shelf The hold-down structure l1 is best gageable With the shoe to clamp the latter to the shelf, said means comprising a sleeve having a bore of greater diameter than the outside diameter of the rod to bite the latter in adjusted position, an arm extending from the sleeve, a post depending from the arm to engage the shoe interiorly thereof, an abutment Yon the shelf be-L Y tween which and the rod, the heel of the shoe is disposable, said post having a foot swiveled thereon and directly engageable with the shoe, and aVV pedestal to which said shelf is detachably conneoted.

HENRY P. STOVALL. 

